293 - CHRISTIAN (Georges Herbiet, known as) & BAGNAN (Louis). *Imaïolé*. A Story. Paris, Éditions d'art Savoir Vivre, 1919. In-8, paperback; beautiful cover richly illustrated in black and gold with a gilt title (slightly scuffed at the lower corner of the back cover).

CHRISTIAN (Georges Herbiet, known as) & BAGNAN (Louis). *Imaïolé*. A Story. Paris, Éditions d'art Savoir Vivre, 1919. In-8, paperback; beautiful cover richly illustrated in black and gold with a gilt title (slightly scuffed at the lower corner of the back cover). First edition and the first publication by the “Savoir Vivre” publishing house. The ornate cover and the three decorative bands printed in black and gold enhance the atmosphere of English decadence that emanates from the story, which recounts the passion of a rajah’s daughter for a Western aristocrat. They are by Christian, the pseudonym of Georges Herbiet, an unconventional and little-known artist of the Dada movement and a friend of Francis Picabia. Printed by Secelle in Antwerp, Christian’s hometown. Edition of 268 numbered copies; No. XII with an artist’s signature (E.A.S.) dedicated to his “beloved mother as a token of [his] undying affection.” Internal foxing.